Umkhosi wamaqaba woWalpurgis Night, obizwa nangokuthi iN Night of Witches kanye neWitchfire, ugubha ngobusuku obungu-30 ku-Ephreli kuze kube ngowokuqala kukaMeyi. Izizwe zamanye amazwe aseNtshonalanga Yurophu ngesikhathi esifanayo zigubha umkhosi wamanzi entwasahlobo, osukela emasikweni enkathi yangaphambi kobuKristu. Izakhamuzi zamazwe aseCeltic zigubha iBeltein cishe ngesikhathi esifanayo, kanti ubusuku beWalpurgis emazweni amaningi aseJalimane nasePrague kubanjwe ngomdanso wendabuko, owenziwa eduze nomuthi wamaqaba wamaKhayathi.
Umlando weholidi
Leli gama lanikezwa emkhosini ngokuhlonishwa kukaSt. Valpurga, okwakungeniswa ngo-778. Kuyisikhumbuzo sakhe sonyaka ngoMeyi 1.
Esikhathini esidlule, ngobusuku bukaWalpurgis, amasiko ayenziwa ngenjongo yokuxosha aba withakathi. Izakhamuzi zavutha imililo eminingi, eyayivame ukushisa abathakathi abafakwe emanzini, bahamba behamba nezibani ekhaya, okuthiwa amabhentshini esonto. Abantu bakholelwa ukuthi ngobusuku bukaWalpurg utshani obuthola amandla amakhulu.
Inkolelo yaseJalimane ithi ngobusuku bukaWalpurgis hhayi nje kuphela abathakathi ababuthene, kodwa futhi ama-werewolves nemiphefumulo yomshonile. Abathakathi kuleli holide bafika nabathandi-izici. Phakathi komhlangano, etafuleni elikhulu lamatshe noma esihlalweni esiphakeme sathatha uSathane ngokwakhe ngobuso bomuntu obomnyama nomzimba wezimbuzi. Okokuqala, zonke izivakashi ziguqa phambi kwakhe, zibanga imilenze kaSathane, zibonisa ukuzithoba nokuzinikela. Noma kunjalo, uSathane ukhuluma kuphela nenkosikazi yabathakathi, obika kuye zonke izenzo ezimbi ezenziwa ngonyaka. Bonke bahlela amacebo omnyaka ozayo. Khona-ke uqala idili ngokudla inyama yehhashi, ama-skulls ne-cowhide. Kumculo ogeleza umsila wekhanda nekhanda, amaqhawe angena emidlalweni yasendle, futhi ekuseni ekuseni utshani abantu bendawo babona imibuthano ephangiwe yibo.
U-Walpurgis Night no-Modernity
Namuhla kulobu busuku obungavamile emazweni aseYurophu, eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule, ukushiswa komlilo, nokuqamba abathakathi abaye bahamba beya eSabatha, bedlala ngesikhathi sokudala, belalela imibukiso yamakhoya